Tire.



PATENTED JUNE 25, 197.

TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED IJE'` 12. 1906.

F. MESINGBR.

2o of leather.

UNITED sTATns PATENT OFFICE;

FREDERICK-MESINGER, OF NEW YORK, N.y Y.

TIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June25, 1907.

Application led December l2, 1906. Serial No. 347,401.

To @ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, FREDERICK MESINGER, a citizen of the..United States, residing at New York city, Bronx, county and State of f.' New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tires, of which thel following 1s a specification.

This invention relates to an improved tire' which is so constructed that the friction be- Io tween the layers, of which the tire is composed, is greatly reduced at the tread, so that overheating is prevented and the life of the tire is considerably prolonged.

The. accompanying drawing represents a' I 5 perspective view, partly 1n transverse sec- 2 5 tread, the cement is omitted, so that the layers here remain disconnected from each other. At these disconnected or central portions of the layers, there is interposed bel tween them, a suitable solid anti-friction 3o material 7, such as a mixture of graphite and oil. In this way overheating of the tire isv prevented, while furthermore thefleXibility of the tread is considerably increased.

Through the tread of the tire pass a' suitable number of screws 8 that carry the runners 9, and also serve to hold the tire-layers together at their uncemented central sections. These screws engage the layers 1, 3 and 4, and thus pass through the graphitecontaining interstices ,etween such layers.

It will be seen that' y my invention the tire is provided with a yielding anti-friction tread, which is not apt to become overheated, so that the life of the tire and its running qualities are considerably increased.

I claim: A 1. A tire `composed of a series of superposed layers cemented to each other at the .sides and detached at the tread, and of a solid anti-friction material between the detached portions of the layers, substantially as specified. l f

2. A tire composed of a series of superposed layers cemented to each other` at the sides and detached at the tread, a solid antifriction material in the interstices between the layers, and screws engaging the layers and passing through said interstices, sub-V stantially as specified.

Signed by me at New York city, (Manhattan,) N. Y., this 11th day of December,

FREDERICK MESINGER.

Witnesses:

FRANK v. BRIESEN, WILLIAM SCHULZ, 

